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I was reading your article about the origin of our family name. You are right that one version of it derives from the Norman French for a minor tenant. The name is also derived from a medieaval French slang word for 14th century English mercenaries: le Coterel or short coats. Here in Britain the name is most common on the Welsh border and in S Ireland where mediaeval English armies recruited heavily.
All my family have been professional soldiers dating back into at least the 1480's and that is where we get our version of Cottrell from.
Past members of my family have been Rauf Cottrell, pardoned for treason in 1482 by Richard III and later Henry VII's Warden of Waltham Forest, outside NE London in 1487. Major John Cottrell of Cottrell Park, Glamorgan, S Wales who commanded Cottrell's Company of Sir Charles Gerrard's Regiment of Foot who fought for Charles I during the English Civil War (1642-1649).
My family has its own coat of arms registered in the Royal College of Heralds.
Members of my family have served in HM Armed Forces during war and peace.
I am presently a serving officer in the British Army, with the rank of Major.
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